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A Hoax? World's Largest Jesus Statue Struck By Lightning

Daily Mail   |   February 12, 2008 03:28 PM

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This was the dramatic scene as the world's largest statue of Jesus was hit by lightning.

The bolt parted the thunderclouds over Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to strike Christ the Redeemer.

The statue is 130ft tall, is made of 700 tons of reinforced concrete and stands atop the 2,296ft Corcovado mountain overlooking the city.

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- askmeificare See Profile I'm a Fan of askmeificare

Who really cares?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:29 PM on 02/13/2008
- MajorKong See Profile I'm a Fan of MajorKong

Jesus is a lot like Elvis. I love the guy, but the fans can get pretty creepy.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:50 PM on 02/13/2008
- MagisterLudi See Profile I'm a Fan of MagisterLudi

A bit like Obama faithful.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:06 AM on 02/14/2008
- bojak See Profile I'm a Fan of bojak

The image of lightning striking Jayzus H Kerryst brought to mind those wonderful words written a long, long time ago:

...and the people bowed and prayed to the neon god they made...

Ah, too bad those wonderful Brazilians didnt use the mountain top for a wind generator.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:27 PM on 02/13/2008
- Silpat See Profile I'm a Fan of Silpat

Who gets to determine what Jesus looked like considering that no one on earth has seen him?


I don't believe in graven images of Christ, I worship him in spirit and in truth.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:36 PM on 02/13/2008
- Mike169 See Profile I'm a Fan of Mike169

Why would god strike his only begotten cement statue with lightning?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:26 PM on 02/13/2008
- Macready See Profile I'm a Fan of Macready

see the picture in the Daily Mail . . . oh well . . . well I guess that means JC has had his 2,000 years . . . time he went . . . .

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:49 AM on 02/13/2008
- Mike169 See Profile I'm a Fan of Mike169

Jesus, our favorite cement deity
Lives on a Brazilian hill in perpetuity.
Even though he's a god
He's got no lightning rod
Which may interrupt his continuity.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:29 AM on 02/13/2008
- helonias See Profile I'm a Fan of helonias

Iffy photo.

Lighting bolts only last for a fraction of a sec and are very hard to photograph in the day time when you have to use fast shutter speeds.

At night it is fairly easy to photograph, all you need is a tripod and cable release and just keep shooting 10-20 sec exposures to you get one.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:25 AM on 02/13/2008
- javaman See Profile I'm a Fan of javaman

Bangs head against wall.

It's the tallest frigging thing around. Just because it was caught on film, doesn't mean it wasn't struck before.

the further dumbing down of humanity.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:06 AM on 02/13/2008
- sandiegoconservative See Profile I'm a Fan of sandiegoconservative

You'd think with all of these "experts" who post on here commenting about natural occurrences and global warming, they would have figured out your observation awhile ago.

Instead, all they can do is religion bash because their talking points don't deal with other natural occurrences beyond hurricanes and hot weather in the summer.

That statute has been struck before.

BTW- This winter is shaping up to be one of the coldest in the past 100 years in China and is looking to be one of the coldest overall in the U.S. in the last 30 years or so. San Diego is getting plenty of rain and a lot of snow throughout California.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:41 PM on 02/13/2008
- Balto See Profile I'm a Fan of Balto

Actually, religions are social organizations admission to which requires the purported belief in some set of absurd "beliefs" with no foundation in fact. They are, in this regard, a way of ensuring the propagation of genetic material for the replication of brains with inferior mental capacity. In other words, they are a way of providing plenty of canon fodder for the likes of Dick Cheney.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:56 AM on 02/13/2008
- primordialsoup See Profile I'm a Fan of primordialsoup

Just curious, why were a whole mess of comments removed? How come this happens frequently? Is someone at Huff Post opposed to free speech?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:55 AM on 02/13/2008
- watchingthings See Profile I'm a Fan of watchingthings

I wonder how Bush would interpret this?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:32 AM on 02/13/2008
- amanda85 See Profile I'm a Fan of amanda85

He doesn't need to interpret it, remember, he has a direct line to god...

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:30 AM on 02/13/2008
- MagisterLudi See Profile I'm a Fan of MagisterLudi

hmmm..... 4,000 year-old Babylonian world creation myth that came to us via Jews and Christians.

OR

A model arrived at and refined by rigorous scientific method and supported by countless observations and elegant mathematics.

Difficult choice...hmmmm.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:26 PM on 02/12/2008
- cdnnewsjunky See Profile I'm a Fan of cdnnewsjunky

With all that plagarism in the Judeo-Christian mythology, I can only conclude that there must have been a writer's strike back then.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:57 PM on 02/12/2008
- smilodon1 See Profile I'm a Fan of smilodon1

BS!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:08 PM on 02/12/2008
- cruisepuppy7452a See Profile I'm a Fan of cruisepuppy7452a

One more thing, what they are saying about it being all concrete? Again, not exactly true. Its part concrete, underneath, but the over lay base is bronze. Its made to withstand all temps and extreme conditions. I know, I am a nerd.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:03 PM on 02/12/2008
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